We provide quality resources for teachers and homeschoolers on Ancient and Medieval History, our domain of expertise.
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Make sure to check out our collections where we gather, on a specific theme, articles (over 50 are audio), definitions, images (sometimes 3D), videos, maps from our website to help with class preparation and to make connections.
Make history relevant!
We provide quality resources for teachers and homeschoolers on Ancient and Medieval History, our domain of expertise.
Here you will always find lesson plans for your students, together with plenty of engaging activities and supporting material.
Make sure to check out our collections where we gather, on a specific theme, articles (over 50 are audio), definitions, images (sometimes 3D), videos, maps from our website to help with class preparation and to make connections.
Make history relevant!
3 lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Government and Society
Warfare and Battles
Innovations and Architecture
Economy and Trade
Daily life
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5 lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Your 5 lesson plans will allow you to teach:
Roman food
Roman housing
Roman daily life
Roman Cena seating
Roman amusements
And give you access to:
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Government and Society in Ancient Rome
Ancient Roman Religion
Warfare and Battles
Innovations and Architecture
Economy and Trade
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
Cover illustration copyright by Mohawk Games, used with permission.
**Discover Shinto through its beliefs, values and rituals ** - 25 pages of lesson plan, activities, homework and assignments, keys and marking grids. All you need to teach on that subject: included and ready to print in this resource!
Objectives
● Discover a new religion and its gods: Shinto.
● Engage pupils to reflect on their community and own values. Why do we do what we do in our everyday lives?
● Raise awareness in the classroom about values and accountability.
● Engage pupils into talking about their feelings and how to handle them.
● Practice pupils’ analytical and oral presentation skills.
Content - 25 pages
● Detailed course plan divided into two units of about 60 to 90 minutes each. Each unit has sub-units which you can teach separately as well, to fit your schedule better.
● Varied resources, and ready-to-print activities.
● The Microsoft Word format allows you to adapt the course content and worksheet to the specific needs of your pupil.
● Homework in lieu of assessments; however, you’re free to use them or any other worksheets as and when you see fit.
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Shinto, a religion with a twist
Introduction
Video and Questions
Mime game
Homework/Assignment
Unit 2: Amaterasu and Susanoo
Homework Review
Collecting & Summarising data
Homework/Assignment
Supporting material
Worksheet 1 Discovering Shinto
Worksheet 1 - KEYS Discovering Shinto
Worksheet 2 Charade game
Worksheet 3 Shinto shrine complex
Worksheet 4 A special person…
Worksheet 5 Relationships: collecting data
Worksheet 6 Amaterasu and Susanoo
Worksheet 7 Presentation
Marking grid - Oral presentation
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5 lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies.
You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome on our TES profile and let us know what you think! you will find plenty of material on the following topics:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Government and society in Ancient Rome
Warfare and battles
Innovations and architecture
Economy and trade
Religion
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
Cover image copyright by Karwansaray Publishers, used with permission.
This lesson introduces students to Enheduanna, an important but lesser-known female poet and her contributions to literature and history. Students will also consider how the role of women in history might change in various times and locations.
Complete Lesson
One class period needed. It could be the first of a three-period sequence on ancient female poets, utilizing all three parts of the World Poetry Day video.
Essential Questions
Who was Enheduanna?
What contributions did she make to Ancient Mesopotamia?
Objectives
Improve reading fluency and comprehension of an encyclopedia article
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media
Examine historical artifacts
Includes
Lesson plan
Worksheet
Map
Illustrations
Answer keys
4 lesson plans about medieval Japan, including activities, assignments, homework and keys (all suitable for online teaching), as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Timeline with related activity
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Your 4 lesson plans will allow you to cover the following topics for medieval Japan:
Government and Warfare
Daily Life and Society
Japan’s Geography
Arts and Culture
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies.
You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
We would like to thank the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation very much for giving us the opportunity to develop this resource.
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
**Ancient Japan - Discovering Shinto: The power of rituals and beliefs. ** - 27 pages of lesson plan and engaging activities. All you need to teach on that subject included in this resource and ready to print!
Objectives
● Discover a new religion: Shinto.
● Raise awareness in the classroom about personal values.
● Engage pupils to reflect on their community and their own beliefs and rituals: Where do they come from? Are they important? Do they evolve with time?
● Engage pupils into talking about religions.
● Practice pupils’ analytical and oral presentation skills.
Content - 27 pages
● Detailed course plan divided into two units, each of which has sub-units teachable separately to fit your schedule.
● Varied resources, and ready-to-print activities.
● The Microsoft Word format allows you to adapt the course content and worksheet to the specific needs of your pupils.
● Homework in lieu of assessments; however, you’re free to use them or any other worksheets as and when you see fit.
● Marking grids for teachers, skill sheets for the pupils.
Table of Content
Unit 1: Are some beliefs universal?
Background
Collecting data
Discovering Shinto
Critical brainstorming
Homework/Assignment
Unit 2: A religion based on rituals
Background
Homework Review
Understanding key notions
Analysing a text
Homework/Assignment
Supporting material
Worksheet 1 Your values
Worksheet 2 Key Concepts in Shinto
Key Concepts in Shinto
Worksheet 3 Values versus beliefs - Essay
Tips to write a good essay
Marking grid - Essay
Worksheet 4 Rituals versus beliefs
Worksheet 5 No prophet, no holy texts?
Worksheet 6 Presentation: Your own values, beliefs and rituals… over time.
Marking grid- Oral presentation
Note: Cover image by James Blake Wiener.
5 lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Your 5 lesson plans will allow you to teach:
Roman society
Roman citizenship across the periods (Kingship, Republic and Empire)
Roman elections
From Kingship to Republic
From Republic to Empire
BONUS! Free game about famous Roman emperors and their achievements!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies.
You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
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Daily life
Religions
Warfare and battles
Innovations and architecture
Economy and trade
Fall of Rome
Rome’s legacy
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
Let us know what you think!
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
Teaching ideas for your classroom: Start your class with a sound extract of Beowulf performed in old English or a Led Zeppelin song including Tho! To go with it, plenty of wonderful articles (many of them audio articles), videos, and pictures on:
Odin
Freyja
Thor
Loki
Freyr
Edda
Beowulf
Don’t forget to check out the videos and web links on this collection, they are great addition to engage your students!
In this lesson plan, students will learn about historical bias in ancient sources based on the example of Herodotus.
Essential Questions
What is historical bias, and how can it affect our understanding of past events?
How do the perspectives and backgrounds of historians shape their accounts of events and cultural customs?
What can the biases in ancient sources tell us about the societies and values of the authors who wrote them?
Why is it important to recognize and account for bias when studying historical sources?
Learning Objectives:
Understand historical bias and its impact
Gain insight into the historical context of ancient sources
Apply bias analyses to modern contexts
Skill-Based Objectives:
Analyze primary sources
Enhance communication and discussion skills
Develop critical thinking, inquiry, and reflection skills
Includes:
Lesson plan
Teacher instructions
Answer keys
Primary source material
3 complete lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies.
You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome on our TES profile and let us know what you think! You will find plenty of material on the following topics:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Government and society in Ancient Rome
Warfare and battles
Innovations and architecture
Religion
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
Cover image from Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers, used with permission.
This activity can be done in class as a discussion, given as homework or assignment for an essay or a presentation. It includes keys and all the material needed. You can just print and roll with it in your class without preparation!
In this activity your students:
observe the factors which led to some cities, states or civilizations fall in antiquity
get an opportunity to think and discuss climate change, linking the past and present
share their feelings about what they consider as threats to their world (might it be their neighborhood, city, state or planet)
get inspired on what they could do to change things
Although today climate change has become a much bigger and more globalized problem than in the past, ancient peoples did have to contend with local events that severely disrupted or even ended their way of life as they knew it. This resource examines the Bronze Age Collapse, the fall of the Maya Civilization and other historical events to explore which factors caused them.
Detailed lesson plan divided into three units with varied materials, sources, and ready-to-print activities. Homework, assessment and all keys included
Unit 1: The Three Kingdom Period (Kingdoms of Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla )
Unit 2: Unified Kingdom of Silla
Unit 3: Historical Negationism
Materials provided:
Background information for teachers; an article, maps and a timeline from the World History Encyclopedia website
Videos
All of the worksheets used in this course plan can be found in this document, ready to print.
Before class, students will be asked to read two World History Encyclopedia articles.
Introduction (10-15 minutes)
Hook: Start with a thought-provoking question: “How would you determine whether something is true or not? What process would you use?”
Write students’ responses on the board to highlight different approaches, such as personal experience, advice from others, intuition, or logical reasoning.
Explain that before the Scientific Revolution, people often relied on methods like tradition, philosophical reasoning, or religious teachings to determine the truth.
Introduce the idea that the Scientific Method emerged as a new approach to discovering truth, emphasizing that this method is based on observation, experimentation, and evidence rather than solely on abstract reasoning or accepted beliefs.
Hands-On Activity (25-30 minutes)
Present the following scenario to the class: “A farmer notices that some crops in his field are growing poorly while others are thriving. He wants to understand why this is happening.”
Divide the class into an even number of small groups. Half of the groups will receive Handout 1: Philosophical Approach and the other half will receive Handout 2: Scientific Method Approach.
Instruct each group to brainstorm solutions to the farmer’s problem based on their assigned approach.
Philosophical Approach: Groups might suggest reasons based on general principles, such as the alignment of the stars, the will of the gods, or moral interpretations of natural events.
Scientific Method Approach: Groups should focus on making specific observations, forming testable hypotheses, designing experiments, and collecting data.
Pair each Philosophical Approach group with a Scientific Method Approach group. Have the paired groups present their ideas to each other. Encourage them to discuss and debate the differences between the philosophical reasoning and the scientific method.
Class Discussion and Reflection (15-20 minutes)
Reflect on the activity, highlighting the strengths and limitations of each approach and the importance of the Scientific Method in advancing knowledge and solving problems.
Summarize key takeaways from the lesson, emphasizing how the Scientific Method has led to a more systematic and evidence-based approach to knowledge.
Reflect on how the Scientific Method has shaped modern knowledge and technology and ask students how they might use the Scientific Method in their own lives or future careers.
Homework/Extension
Students will pick one scientist from the collection of 12 Great Scientists of the Scientific Revolution, read their biography, and answer questions on the worksheet (see below). If needed, further research can be done to complete the worksheet.
A lesson plan to present your students with everything they need to know about the Viking Age in general (includes STEM activities!):
important characters
warfare
ships
women
food
runes
It includes many links towards reliables resources for :
articles,
audio articles
several great videos
3D objects
fantastic very detailed STEM activities from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Enjoy your teaching!
Four lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Greek Forces
The Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian Wars
Alexander’s Macedonian Empire
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
We have prepared three lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format.
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format.
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays.
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.).
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay.
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids.
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Home & Leisure
Social Classes & Women
Burial & the Egyptian Afterlife
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
Five lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Greeks and the Sea
Development of Greek Coinage
Greek Pottery and the Amphora
Olive Oil and Wine
Colonization and Colonies
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources.
Cover illustration copyright by Karwansaray Publishers, used with permission.
This lesson plan will allow students to answer the following questions:
Who were the Hittites and how did they impact the Ancient Near East?
What lessons can be learned from the Treaty of Kadesh about the importance of diplomacy in resolving conflicts and maintaining peaceful relations between nations?
Learning objectives:
Be able to analyze and understand the impact of diplomacy on resolving conflicts in the Ancient Near East.
Skill-based objectives:
Improve reading, listening and viewing comprehension
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media
Enhance communication and negotiation skills
Develop critical thinking, inquiry, and reflection skills
The lesson plan includes teacher instructions, worksheets, primary texts and answer keys.
This lesson plan has two parts. During the first part, students will watch a video introducing the Phoenicians and answer the questions on Worksheet #1. In the second part, students will participate in a trading simulation activity which will end in a discussion period about the cultural impact of Phoenician maritime trade.
Students will be able to answer the following questions:
How did the geographical location of Phoenician cities contribute to their success in maritime trade?
What were the key goods traded by the Phoenicians, and how did these exchanges impact both Phoenician society and the civilizations they traded with?
In what ways did Phoenician maritime trade contribute to the spread of culture throughout the Mediterranean?
Includes teacher instructions, worksheets and answer keys.